Loving-kindness brings loving-kindness: The impact of Buddhism on cognitive self-other integration

Lorenza S. Colzato; Hilmar Zech; Bernhard Hommel; Rinus Verdonschot; Wery P M van den Wildenberg; Shulan Hsieh

doi:10.3758/s13423-012-0241-y

Loving-kindness brings loving-kindness: The impact of Buddhism on cognitive self-other integration

Lorenza S. Colzato, Hilmar Zech, Bernhard Hommel, Rinus Verdonschot, Wery P M van den Wildenberg, Shulan Hsieh

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Abstract

Common wisdom has it that Buddhism enhances compassion and self-other integration. We put this assumption to empirical test by comparing practicing Taiwanese Buddhists with well-matched atheists. Buddhists showed more evidence of self-other integration in the social Simon task, which assesses the degree to which people co-represent the actions of a coactor. This suggests that self-other integration and task co-representation vary as a function of religious practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	541-545
Number of pages	5
Journal	Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-012-0241-y
Publication status	Published - 2012 Jun
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Buddhism
Self-other integration
SSE

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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